American Revolution #1
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper. The tax was put into place to have the colonists pay Britain back for their help during the French and Indian War.
The Stamp Act?
Who warned the colonists that the British were coming?
Paul Revere
This event happened when a group of angry colonists began attacking British soldiers with snowballs. It resulted in 5 colonists dead.
Boston Massacre
This word means freedom from being ruled by someone else.
Independence
What is a synonym for the word "Act"
Law
Who wanted to be free from British rule.
Colonist
Patriot
This was a small group of people who led the Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty
This document was written to outline the government for America and the laws for the country.
Constitution
This battle was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War. It is sometimes called "The shot heard 'round the world".
Battle of Lexington and Concord?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
What was the name of the event called when Sons of Liberty dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor?
Boston Tea Party
This document was written to King George III stating that the colonies wanted their independence and that they should have rights.
Declaration of independence?
This war was between the French and the British and it was over control of the land in the Ohio Valley.
French and Indian War
Who was the general of the British army?
General Cornwallis
How did General Cornwallis surrender to the Colonists?
He waved a white flag
He was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. The colonies loved his leadership so much that they made him the first official President of the colonies.
George Washinton
During the war who ended up joining the colonists and helped to send supplies to colonial soldiers.
French
Who was the general of the Colonists army?
George Washington
This was the last official battle of the American Revolution. This British surrendered and the colonists won the war for their independence.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
DOUBLE POINTS.... These women were responsible for helping out the men and making clothing for them as they protested goods and taxes charged by the British.
Who were THE DAUGHTERS of Liberty?